New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-12
ELEVATED TRAINS STOPPED.
NO ENGINES RUNNING IN BROOKLYN.
THE ENGINEERS REFUSE TO WORK UNTIL ruErR
DEMANDS ARE GRANIED-THE STREET. CARS
UNABLE To CARRY ALL THE PAssEN-
GERS VARIOUS VIEWS RE-
GARDING THE STRIKE.


GERS VARIOUS VIEWS RE-.
GARDING THE STRIKE.
For the first time in the history of the BROOKLYN
Elevated Railroad Company which began to
operate its road from the Bridge to East New
York a little more than two years ago, the man.
agement were unable to run trains on time last
evening The reason was strike on the part Of
the engineers and fremcn, growing out OF their
dissatisfaction with the treatment accorded to
them by the General Manager. Frederick Martin,
and the failure Of the company to comply with
their demands
The men are fully in earnest and propose to
make bitter struggle for what they term their
rights. They say that they have submitted to
many abuses and propose to yield no longer.
This company holds that the men have no suffi-
cicnt cause for their action The tic-up went
into effect shortly after p m. yesterday and for
a time no trains were started from the last
New-York terminus. and as fast as the engines
arrived with the east bound trains from Fulton
Ferry and the Bridge they were laid up on the
side tracks.
But about 8 80 o'clock some nremen and
switch-tenders were impressed into service. and a
few trains were started out They carried few
passengers the down trips, but returned heavily
loaded As many passengers had collected at
posted of "Trains Blocked An hour later the
announcement "1rains running on fourteen min
utes headway7 was substituted and IL looked as
II traffic had been resumed People who crossed
the Bridge HoclSed into the station and crowded
into the already heavily loaded trains which left
at long intervals.
Passengers whose patience Was exhausted by
waiting got their money back and went to the
street-cars rather than suffer longer delay. After
o'clock there was no train for nearly an hour,
and only q few waited. At 20 train went
up the road and there was no more travel for
two hours Then q few trains ran at. long in
tervals.
Owing to the stoppage of the trains the street.
cars which run near the line Of the elevated
road, had great accession of passengers and tho
crowds on the Green and Gates, DelSalb Avenue
and Myrtle Avenue lines were even greater than
in the days before the elevated road was opened.
The elevated trains in the busy hours Of the day
run on two minutes and half headway, and
about 5000 people an hour are carried from To
p m, and a corresponding number in the
rush hours in the morning.
No information regard to the cause OF tho
"te-up could be gained at the office Of tho
company at No. 81 Sands-st.. and at the Bridge
station dense ignorance prevailed among the en-
which were running professed to know nothing
of what caused the delay in the trains One Of
them said:
don't belong the brotherhood Of Engineers. but un
ses!and thas al VINO 40 have ssae mi IN, s rsI,on s
The real reason for the strike OF the engineers,
the company says. lies in the discharge OF several
engineers when the summer timetable was
adopted The management OF the road, Tor
reasons of economy. decided TO dispense with
some OF the engineers and run with less iorce.
AS soon rs this policy was known TO the men
they sent a committee to the Office, which con-
ferrcd with the executive committee No satls-
factory arrangement was madc and when tho
committee returned TO the headquarters Of tho
men at the Metropolitan Hotel. at Fulton st and
East New-lorlt-avc, Brooklyn. the strike was
ordered.
There are forty three engineers in the employ
Of the company who are members Of the Brother
hood of Locomotive EnNinccrs. Brooklyn Division,
No. 299 and about the same number OF iircmcn
are in the Locomotive Fiiemon's Asoclat on.
These men went tn their headquarters directly
after they had laid up their engines. meeting
was held last evening and 10 was decided 20
stny ont until their demands were complied with.
.ramcs Wright. who was the chairman Of thc
committee which waited on the company, said TO
n TRIBUNE reporter:
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ams accomplished er discharge and both OF then h.ve
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should have stepped co''ns Martin when Informed st
another who committed the had
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the following demands aui grievances 10 the eo"
/ That nine hours constitute days AMI work
H. That engineers receive ~ so day and hrsmea t
ILL., That when reman Is promoted TO be an engineer INC
next engineers position be filed by engineer hr
iV That the time Of nuneers and aremsn be figured
which they report for duty and to ascertain Inc
v That ensn neers he given he preerenee OF
and tho privilege Of changing runs wsE convenient
excused receive the regular pay per hour
pay detained hours and null sentou
That smpoye be suspended Or Id d;;harsss ss ps
longing 70 committee ms M an" '"'pe""'" "
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s% s%a sss1%i &ss% cdns, 60 Mar, isa
would not consider them at az snS sS we we ssa
rs,ta is gave Us 20 % ,s ,nd wi &
lie Cleveland and about 70 go 70 Dakota SO b. .sns
scn Of The firsmess hssocatcn Thcy reached here To-
lay This morning Colonel Martin discharged ano.ns, sn
s''T ss With and Ms.s@. s.Ss aISsH i"saa and
spassr ns aSn gfsn' nor Master Bali would
am nny cocE We gave ocia notes to the company aa
was to brine s wss. snsns ss
di SO The three ani some enrloves
is ,s% s~s,p w s sSe DO SIs so@e o them joined tic
strikers when they reached the end OF the road
About o'clock last night switchman named
Carroll who was in charge Of an engine ran 10
into a car standing at the Van siccn station
The ear was thrown oil the track. but fell on
the timbcrs and did not 20 into the street. No
one was hurt.
Grand Engineer Ingraham put the entire matter
i'm Wrights hands and went back To Cleveiano
in the afternoon. The men say that they VIII
not compromise with the company and must have
their demands met. They have run the ROAD
without an accident for two years and two months
and they feel that their demands should be com
piled with. 1t was said last evening that 1ho
cpcincers cmployed on the switching engines on
thc BROOKLYN bridge would strike 10 help the
elevated road engineers. but Superintendent Iioag-
land said that il was not expected. rumor also
prevailed that the employees Of the street rail-
road companies would strike TO assist the en-